Online video has been around for over five years. However, there has been a recent push to get more and more people involved in marketing through online video. Video marketing is best done through online video sharing websites. Youtube, Revver, and Meta Cafe are all excellent places to share videos.

While online video might seem like something that is easy enough to do, it can be difficult. Many people who start out with video marketing find it too confusing to understand and give up. Here are five tips that you can use to make sure that you succeed in your marketing efforts.

Don’t forget before you start have a practice so you don’t get lost half way through make sure you have an opening with who you are what the video is about and what you are going to give them from the video, right here are some other good tips to get you noticed.

The first tip that you should use in your video marketing is to keep it simple. People love being able to just watch and not think. Give them the information simply.

A second tip that you should use in your video marketing is to shock and wow. While people love the information being presented simply, they also love a lot of visual effects and bright colours. Dazzle their eyes with the information!

Thirdly, this tip is something that you should always use in your video marketing, is to include a link to your website in the video. How are people going to know where to find more about you without a link? If you cannot include it within the video itself, include it in the description next to it, as many people do in Youtube.

Fourth you should always try to upload your video to as many video sharing sites as possible. The more sites you upload it to, or distribute it to, the more traffic you will have flowing to your videos and to your website.

Fifthly, have fun! Videos should be fun, and exciting. There is nothing more boring than watching a thirty second video that just tells me the message. Get creative, but still make sure to get the message across. You can do it!

Video marketing is able to attract so many more people. There are trillions of indexed web pages out there. However, there are only billions of videos. With a correctly marketed video that is genuinely unique, you have the possibility of hitting it off big! Do not wait around to get involved in video marketing, market your product or service with videos today!

There are many who love it and many who hate it but the fact is Twitter is a part of our culture today. Learning to use it can mean a positive image for your business as well as increasing your business. Here are 5 top Twitter secrets revealed!

First is remembering Twitter is social media - emphasis on the social part. Don't just post - or Tweet - your business sales and offers. Encourage contact. Interact with followers. If your business is automotive related post links to stories, information and short tips about automobiles. If you Tweet without interacting it's somewhat like having a conversation with yourself. Stop and ask a question from someone else, or comment on what someone else says. Notice your followers! Remember we all have different talents and skill levels - Twitter isn't just about promotion but rather a conversation 140 characters at a time.

Interact! "Re-tweet" interesting things from followers especially if it's related to your business. Ask questions to generate discussion and feedback. This might be related to your business or could directly be in the line of "what kind of services would you like to see in (whatever your business is)?"

Tweet things of value. Try to maintain a focus and remember that what you post can work against you as well as work for you. Use caution when posting on political or personal topics as these can sometimes work against you. Remember the advantage of reaching many people is extended to all. Learn to use hash tags to reach more people such as #food or #home based on your topic.

Choose topics that cater to customers - or potential customers. While you don't want to give away your business consider posting on related topics that help customers save money or time and you'll build a following without buying lists or falling to the scams that sometimes invade social media. Consider this a place to give things away. For example if you have a food related business you might post on types of food, a few recipes per day or food storage tips.

Go easy on promotional videos. If you look back at the end of the day and find more self promotion than interaction you may be losing customers. Twitter is the ultimate soft sell tool. It's accessible to small auto repair garages in New Hampshire as well as major companies.

It takes time but is worth the effort. Interact on Twitter for your business!

A squeeze page or capture page is a web page that exists with the purpose of converting visitors into subscribers. Internet marketers know that in order to be successful they have to focus on building an email mailing list. A website visitor may not buy right away but if you have their email address you are assured of further opportunities to market to them. The key to successful list building is a good capture page.

You can measure the success of your squeeze page by determining your page’s conversion rate i.e. how many visitors signed-up compared to the total number of visitors. Here are some invaluable tips for creating a squeeze page that people won’t click away from:

• You need to realize that people are not going to give away their email address easily. You are going to have to provide them with a very good reason to do so. This is why your squeeze page headline is so important. This is the first thing a visitor will see so it has to be written in such a way that it will capture the attention of your reader quickly. Your visitors want to know what’s in it for them and your headline should spell this out clearly.

• You should keep your squeeze pages simple yet compelling. Steer away from filling your squeeze page with advertisements, flash graphics or external links. These elements only divert the visitor’s attention from the main goal and that is getting them to sign-up.

• The content of your page should be focused on the benefits of signing-up to your list. A bulleted list of clearly stated benefits is the best way to do this. You want your visitors to be clear about what they will receive in return for signing-up to your list.

• You can achieve a higher conversion rate by including video or audio in your capture page. A good video can capture your visitor’s attention far more effectively than plain text. It is more effective than text because it offers a more personal approach and allows you to condense a long message into a few minutes.• A website visitor may not sign-up if you ask for too much information in your opt-in form. Keep it simple! A name and email address is sufficient to accomplish your goal.

Your squeeze page is working if it converts most of your visitors to subscribers. Of course, you won’t know if you aren’t measuring your page’s conversion rates so don’t forget this important step!

Blog sites were created for many reasons and you can create as many as you want. I have two blogs, one for my writing exploits, the other for my affiliate business and my products that I sell on a regular basis. I use SEO strategies for my niche marketing products so that I can get high ranking on the search engines to lure more traffic to my site thus more potential profit. I have 5 tips on blogging to get your website ranked high on the search engines. Follow these and you should have no trouble turning profit.

1. Linking

You need to have a blog that have links coming into as many pages as possible that has unique written articles that serve your products and services. You will be able to tell if this is true by the number of visitors that search not only your home page but the other pages of your website looking for your great content. Using long tailed words in your keywords will get users to come look over your site for decent content that will be useful to them and will help you sell your product and services in the long run.

By using link exchanges you will not only get links to your inside pages from other blobs and websites, but you can link to your pages inside your blog. When visitors click your link in your content it will not only keep them on the site longer, but also allow Google's content spider to index your blog at a better rate. It will also let me pick the anchor content for the link to the internal page. That then will let me rank the keywords I am shooting for.

3. Article Exchange

Article exchanges allow you to trade articles with other blogs or websites. If you trade with similar blogs or websites that have the same product or service in mind then that is very useful to you. You now have fresh content on your blog from another website of similar products or services. For example if you advertise for a travel agency and you obtain content for your blog from another travel agency website or blog then you will improve your ranking because of the new fresh unique content. This is very advantageous for you and it is a very simple process.

4. Write Your Key Search Terms In Text

Type out your long tailed keyword and maybe include a keyword description to go along with your text title. When the search engines are crawling your site this will make it more attractive and rank high with Google, Yahoo, or MSN.

Article directories allow other websites to take your articles you have written for them for free. This allows you not only free advertising on their websites but also further advances your ranking in the search engines by creating back links to your blog or website. This is really about making it easier for search engines to find your site. The more users on your site the better chances for you to make a buck.

Conclusion

these are 5 great tips that will increase your chances of advancing to the first page on the search engines. They are very sound and grounded strategies that when used properly will get your products and services seen on a regular basis. You will then have a great chance of being rewarded for your hard work with great sales and more profit. See you at the top.

Over the past 6 years, Facebook has grown to become one of the most popular social networks the internet has ever seen. Currently, there are over 400 million active users, and statistics show that the average number of friends each user has is approximately 140.

With these numbers, it is easy to see how a person can reach a multitude of people with a click of a button. With the ability to access this number of people through a social network, it is easy to see the possibility to make money.

There are actually many different ways to make money with Facebook, so I will take this opportunity and go over five of the different possibilities. Please note that the tips I am giving you are the simplest ways to make money.

1. If you are a computer programmer and are interested in writing web applications for people, take this opportunity to strike gold. Many people are looking for web applications that will make their web surfing easier. If you can write a program that gives users the ability to shorten their time spent online, here is a market for you. And what is really cool, is that when one person ads your apps all their friends see it.

2. Websites such as Amazon, Ebay, and Google are now offering people the ability to make extra money by posting their ads on your web pages. When a person clicks on the ads provided by these different companies, you get paid per click and you get a percentage of what a user spends on their web sites.

3. Now you can sell your personal stuff on Facebook with just a click of a button. There are many applications which will allow you to post pictures and descriptions of what it is that you want to sell. These applications make it available to all your friends and your friend's friends.

4. Facebook allows you the possibility of marketing yourself as a celebrity. Currently there are many people who have contacted to participate in advertising and even Hollywood movies. Remember millions of users can see you, show them what you got.

5. Marketing research is now being offered to Facebook members. The reason for this is developers are looking for people's opinions on what sells. If you want to express your opinion and get paid, here is your chance.

Successful Internet marketing uses many different aspects of Internet advertising, website construction, as well as what is commonly known as 'social networking'. The successful combination of these three components will maximize your connection with visitors to your website.

1. Great content is a key requirement for successful Internet marketing. If your content isn't well written, with quality relevant information, your site won't hold their attention, and they will leave. Because getting them there is the hardest part, make sure they will want to explore your website, and just as important, that they will want to return to your site, AND recommend your site to friends, family, and their online community friends.

2. The proper usage of search optimization engines (SEO) means effectively choosing key words for the title and description of your website. Clever names in the title of your website will be missed by search engines that only look to match words.

3. Placing keywords in the right strategic locations will help search engines find your site. Keywords should be placed: in the title, in headings and subheadings, and in the first paragraph of content

4. The website layout must be user friendly and effective. Links within your website should be in HTML code. JavaScript and Flash don't consistently work well with search engines, and could cause some of your web site's content to be missed by search engines. Utilizing these features within your site is great, but not as links to content within your site. A site map page with links to all your pages will help visitors navigate easily, and help search engines to find you.

5. Fine tuning your keywords, and bettering your ranking with the search engines is an evolving process. This can be done by trial and error, with specialized software, or it can be outsourced to professional SEO specialists.

6. Submit your site to the various directories that are available. There may be a specialized directory for your industry and there are local directories for most cities.

7. Offer contests, give-a-ways, and drawings as a way to gain potential customer contact information.

8. Utilizing e-mail is an easy way to advertise. E-mail can be utilized repeatedly to remind people about your site. Newsletters on a regular basis are a great excuse to contact potential customers without 'spamming' them (which could hurt your site rather than help)

9. Writing an online column, or offering an article for an online newsletter in exchange for having your business information and links displayed along with the article can increase your visibility.

10. Twitter and Facebook are tools whereby potential customers can get to know you, and then recommend your business to other network friends. Online communities require time to cultivate, as you could damage your reputation if you only participate to advertise rather than socialize.

11. Social bookmarking communities share information about good websites and stories that they think others in their 'community' would like to read. Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, and LinkedIn are examples of popular bookmarking sites. The more people talk about your site, the more exposure you will have, more opportunities to impress potential customers.

12. Last, but not least, is the 'old fashioned' ways of attracting business. Advertising in papers, magazines, and television hasn't changed much, but make sure that your website information is included, and prominently placed. Printed business cards, stationary, brochures, and company literature still have a place in most industries. Make certain that your company's website, and email contacts are accurately printed on anything you circulate.

An effective way of promoting your business is by writing a series of articles, a process also known as article marketing. These articles should be written in topics relevant to the business rather than aiming to publicize the actual business itself. Here are some reasons why you should write articles to promote your business.

Firstly, it would be one of the fastest ways for you to spread the word to many who are interested in what your business or website has to offer. This form of advertising bears no geographical boundaries and is catered to reach a larger proportion of your target audience through the Internet very quickly and efficiently. It is only those who are seeking more information about what you have to offer that comes to read your article in the first place. Providing them with a link to your business or website at the resource box gives them an additional resource. When your link is provided on your articles that get submitted to many submission sites, they gain the views of thousands of interested readers who may then visit your website or refer you to their peers. You then successfully promote your business online.

One of the best ways for a business to reach more online viewers is to have a high search engine ranking and appear on the first page of search engine results. An effective SEO technique of ensuring this would be to have many relevant links enter and exit their website. Having many articles across many submission sites would ensure that there are several quality incoming links for their website and thus making it search engine friendly. This would raise their position in search results and thus ensuring that they are easily noticed by users who want what the business has to offer. Also some articles site provide syndication services where your articles get published on other sites, thus making your site more search engine friendly and gain popularity for your business.

Article marketing also displays your level of knowledge in the field of your business and authenticates that you are a reliable expert in the field that you are writing about. By being published, you and your business would gain the trust of your customers and thus would promote your business further.

Article marketing could also result in your readers creating a connection between themselves and your business, and thus result in them choosing your business over competitors. These articles could make them more assured and confident to make the purchase from your website.

An opt-in list of customers is marketing gold for a business, and an almost guaranteed method of making money each time an email is sent. If you have such a list, you can keep your company in front of your customers, and keep them reminded that you're there ready to provide what they need. It's one of the easiest and least expensive methods of marketing online. So how do you get one of these golden lists?

You'll need an auto responder to do it effectively. An auto responder automatically adds emails to the list, and sends emails automatically. A quality auto responder service will allow you to set up emails several days, weeks or months in advance to have marketing messages and information sent automatically, making it a turnkey way to get your message in front of each new list member. Avoid free services, because they look unprofessional and will contain advertising. Don't let that distract your customers from your message.

Once you've got the auto responder set up and you've written at least the welcome email, how do you get your customers to opt-in? Few will join a list just because it's there. You need to offer something of value to your customers. Here are 5 great ways to build a money-making opt-in list.

1. Offer a free "secret" tip. For instance, if your site's about fast cars, offer a "secret" engine-tweaking tip to people who sign up.

2. Offer an ebook that answers questions your customers have. This does double-duty, because they'll not only sign up for the list, but you'll be able to market to them through the ebook. A site about roses might offer an ebook filled with rose growing tips, with links that lead to products on the site, for instance.

You can get ebooks from plr sites just make sure that the ebook or product you buy has give away rights.

3. Offer a discount on a product or service to people who sign up for the list, or offer an entirely free gift of some sort.

4. Promise people who opt in a first look at an upcoming product or an early bird bargain before other customers.

5. One of the best ways to get sign-ups is to offer an email course. Create a short, informational course and set your auto responder to send the first lesson when someone signs up, with instalments coming at least a day apart after that.

Offer your customers something of value to them, and you'll have a targeted money-making list that can help you drastically increase your sales and profits.

Getting started! More like we’re do I start the obvious answer to that is at the beginning, at first it can seem all to overwhelming with the amount of offers and people giving out information about marketing online, so be careful do your research make sure you fell combatable with the system you are going to use, now there are some good systems out there that teach you how to implement techniques that will teach you how to put together web pages and drive traffic to your site but allot of these systems don’t allow for absolute beginners who can just about open an email, there are some really bad systems as well which I myself have found out in the past teaching bad techniques that don’t work no support so you end up spending time and money with no results making you very wary of any other online ventures.

Making it online isn’t a quick process it takes time to learn and implement the techniques but once you do have the basics down this is a very lucrative business, making money becomes a automated stream of money what I mean is to start off with you put allot of effort in learning and implementing but once you are all set up it takes care of itself with a little fine tuning from time to time.

Choosing the right system and mentor is crucial to your success I myself found a good mentor who had an amazing team around him so this giving me the luxury of people who have tried and tested online marketing and know what exactly works and what doesn’t .

The good thing about all this is if you choose the right system and mentor it doesn’t take long to learn I was making money a month after I found the right people to help me this is after the initial set up and learning what I had to do now it is all so second nature and looking back I am glad to say the least that I stuck through the bad times until I found the money pot.

Below are some tips on getting started.

1. do you research find out as much as possible about the mentor and system you are looking at don’t be afraid to contact them by phone if they are any good at what they do they will be able to answer any questions that are bugging you.

2. Once you have found your mentor and system study it and ask questions, this is a business your business I don’t know of anyone who started up a business and didn’t have at least the basic understanding of how it all works, don’t worry if you’re not very good at studying all good systems make it easy to learn usually through easy to watch and learn online videos.

3. Implement, it’s good to learn but at some point you are going to have to have a go, doing this for the first time is the were the time-consuming bit comes in but as you complete each stage you will become an expert at that particular stage.

4.Take your time it’s not a race if it takes 3-6 months even a year before you know what you are doing then so be it don’t put yourself under pressure as you will only end up rushing things or even packing it all in don’t stick with it, it is worth it in the end.

5. Don’t get side tracked it’s easy to get distracted when learning something new as there is so much information to take in stick to the plan that your mentor is showing you and it will all turn out good in the end.

I hope this has been of some help good luck and see you on the other side.

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Darren Firth

Hello my name is Darren Firth and I am going to show you how to make a new life for yourself and your family while making a fantastic living just by spending a couple of hours a day just by implementing some techniques, sounds too good to be true I thought the same have a read and find out how I do this or give me a call.